I'm just reading about Freckles & Ollie - I hope they're both OK. I checked Cat Health because I was going to post about my cat Mollie June. She is still nursing the kittens, but has been having some odd behaviors for about a week. I'm going to take her to the vet, because I'm worried about her - she has had ak kidney infection in the past.
She won't stay with her babies for very long. It seems that she just goes from one end of the house to the other, making soft little mew sounds. The kittens are running around now and she picks them up (like mama cats do) and takes them back to their basket. Last night she had one of the kittens, packing it from the kitchen back to the living room. A little bit later, she came out of the bathroom with a washcloth hanging out of her mouth. I don't know if she thought it was one of her babies or what. She is just acting confused and acting like a mother hen.
What worries me most though is the fact she seems to be using the litter box a lot. Has anyone else seen this kind of behavior in their cats?